2010 is the year of sports and events. The biggest event in this year is Olympics. In this how can we forget the most loving and amazing sport of the country that is 2010 fifa world cup? This FIFA world cup of 2010 is the 19th world cup which is going to be held in South Africa from 11 June till 11 July. There are 32 teams in which 6 from confederation are going to be the participants of this world cup. The FIFA is the international football tournament which is the most favorite amongst American countries. The mascot of FIFA world cup is ZAKUMI which is born on 16th June 1994 and is now of age 15 years. This mascot is basically an anthropomorphized leopard with green hairs. His name has great importance as it is very meaningful. The name ZAKUMI is describes as “ZA” is the abbreviation from South Africa and “KUMI” stands for ten. The ball of FIFA world cup is named as "Jabulani", made by Adidas, which means "bringing joy to everyone" in isiZulu.

The teams are divided into A-H group. The groups are mentioned below:-

Group A- South Africa,Mexico,Uruguay,France

Group B- Argentina,Nigeria,Korea Republic,Greece

Group C- England,United States,Algeria,Slovenia

Group D- Germany,Australia,Serbia,Ghana

Group E- Netherlands,Denmark,Japan,Cameroon

Group F- Italy,Paraguay,New Zealand,Slovakia

Group G- Brazil,Korea,Portugal

Group H- Spain,Switzerland,Honduras,Chile